Assessing how the midterm election cycle may shape Bitcoin’s volatile year
Since 2014, the average annual BTC returns in mid-term election years have been -56%.
Despite the criticism, Johnson was crucial during the initial push for crypto rules in the U.K.
Bitcoin (BTC) made a notable recovery on Friday, witnessing a 4% surge that led the leading cryptocurrency to retest the critical $74,000 resistance level, which has remained unbroken for the past month.
March 14, 2026, 8:00 amStrategy's Michael Saylor and POTUS's son, Eric Trump, defended Bitcoin against claims that it's a Ponzi scheme.
March 14, 2026, 7:45 amSince 2014, the average annual BTC returns in mid-term election years have been -56%.
More than $246 million in crypto futures positions were wiped out in a single day as Bitcoin reversed sharply on Thursday, punishing traders who had bet against the market. The leading cryptocurrency climbed back to around $73,300 — a gain of roughly 4.5% over 24 hours — after a stretch of selling had dragged prices into the high $60,000 range.
The largest cryptocurrency is up 4.2% on the week despite Friday's reversal, with attention now turning to the Fed meeting on March 17-18 and whether oil above $100 forces a shift in rate expectations.
Lekker Capital CIO Quinn Thompson argues on X that collapsing mining economics, combined with a growing shift by public miners toward AI and high-performance compute, could turn corporate BTC treasuries into a fresh source of market supply. “A large underappreciated headwind for Bitcoin is the disaster that which is mining economics.
The long-term accumulation trend among crypto ETF investors suggests a stabilizing influence on the volatile crypto market landscape.
Bitcoin fell below the $70,000 level after declining about 4.8% over the past week, with traders increasingly watching the possibility of a move toward the $65,000 support zone as macroeconomic pressures weigh on market sentiment. Rising oil prices, higher U.S.
A Cambridge study spanning 11 years and 68 verified cable failures found that Bitcoin's physical infrastructure is far more resilient than previously understood, with TOR adoption actually strengthening the network.
Bitcoin is attempting to climb above the $72,000 level as the market searches for direction following weeks of volatile and largely sideways price action.
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